Slide: WD_86_17

Lithic hybrid sand in which lithic terrigenous detritus is admixed in variable proportions with calcareous grains that include both massive grains and foraminiferal tests. Lithic fragments of sedimentary rock- dominantly murky argillite (or shale or mudstone).

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr201 - Vasino hybrid

None (0) Minor (1) Few (2) Common (3) Frequent (4) Major (5) Very Dominant (6)
0% 0-5% 5-15% 15-30 % 30-50% 50-70% 70-100%
Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 argillitic, siltstone, chert

Images

VasinoVA_C2_97 VasinoVA_C2_97
Sherd VA-C2-97 from Vasino (Timor). Slide WD_86_17 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Sherd: VA-C2-97

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Vasino (Timor)

Suspected origin site: Timor

References:

295 summary, East Timor, 2011 (Dickinson, W.)